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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Omaha, NE

June 19, 2000Boone County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2000, 9:04 PM CDT for Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2000, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Boone County, NE

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 468 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

883 
WFUS53 KOAX 200204
TOROMA
NEC011-200230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
904 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 902 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER  
  6 MILES SOUTH OF SPALDING...OR ABOUT 43 MILES WEST OF              
  COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT   30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO THROUGH 930 PM CDT  
INCLUDE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT. IF A BASEMENT
IS NOT AVAILABLE...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4157 9835 4145 9818 4154 9786 4183 9786

BYRD

NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone62 min
Jun 19, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Platte54 min
Jun 19, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPierce54 min
Jun 19, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMadison, Platte26 min
Jun 19, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Pierce, Platte, Stanton, Wayne50 min
Jun 19, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone63 min
Jun 19, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWayne39 min
Jun 19, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone, Platte46 min
Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Platte, Stanton43 min
Jun 19, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward46 min
Jun 20, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe43 min
Jun 20, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.